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Past of the French verb écrire

The past tense conjugations for the French verb écrire, along with their English translations.



Verb phrases



ImperfectScored
j'écrivaisI was writing
tu écrivaisyou were writing
il écrivaithe was writing
elle écrivaitshe was writing
nous écrivionswe were writing
vous écriviezyou were writing
ils écrivaientthey were writing
elles écrivaientthey were writing

Past Historic / Passé Simple
This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passé Composé is used to refer to past actions.
Scored
j'écrivisI wrote
tu écrivisyou wrote
il écrivithe wrote
elle écrivitshe wrote
nous écrivîmeswe wrote
vous écrivîtesyou wrote
ils écrivirentthey wrote
elles écrivirentthey wrote

Passé ComposéScored
j'ai écritI wrote
tu as écrityou wrote
il a écrithe wrote
elle a écritshe wrote
nous avons écritwe wrote
vous avez écrityou wrote
ils ont écritthey wrote
elles ont écritthey wrote

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